New MoDOT guide provides details on state transportation funding and needs - LibertyTribune.com : Community Voices

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We have become accustomed to getting in our vehicles and driving to wherever we want. We just assume there will be a road to get us there, we fully expect it to be passable and hopefully smooth, and we anticipate it to be a safe journey. And for the opportunity to freely use the roads and bridges in our state highway system, the average driver’s daily cost is less than the price of a small cup of coffee at McDonald’s.

To confirm the average daily cost, you may need to do some calculations by using the numbers on page 3 of the “Citizen’s Guide to Transportation Funding in Missouri” on the Missouri Department of Transportation’s website, www.modot.org.

While you are there, check out the wealth of information in the “Citizen’s Guide” about how Missouri’s transportation is funded in the state and what the money is used for.

You will learn that MoDOT has the seventh largest highway system in the country but ranks 47th nationally in revenue per mile. Information shows that the current 17-cents-per-gallon state fuel tax was last increased in 1996 but has the purchasing power of only 8 cents today.

During the coming months, the need for additional transportation funding in Missouri will be a subject of discussion by our state policymakers, and I urge you to become as informed as you can. The “Citizen’s Guide” from MoDOT is a good place to start.

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New MoDOT guide provides details on state transportation funding and needs - LibertyTribune.com : Community Voices

http://www.modot.org/guidetotransportation/